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Character of the Season
Frail in body but dangerously quick of mind, Nikandr is the sort of character who proves that curiosity can be just as perilous as any weapon. A necromancer, inventor, and problem-solver with more ambition than self-preservation, Niki approaches the world like a puzzle box begging to be opened, even when what’s inside has teeth. Blunt, dry-witted, fiercely independent, and carrying a history best left partially buried, he has a knack for making even failure feel fascinating. Whether he’s raising the dead, moving across Caido to King's End, or experiencing a hangover for the first time, Nikandr brings a wonderfully strange spark to Caido, and we can’t wait to see what trouble his brilliant mind wanders into next.
Congratulations, Niki!
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Court of the Fallen was created in October of 2018 by Odd, Honey, and Crooked.
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Fairness and power scales aside, Nova hasn't quite mastered the skill of perception when it comes to her magic, so she can only faintly tell that she's hitting something - whether that's Vesper or not is still to be determined. It doesn't stop her from continuing to volley glittering snowballs and snagging vines at him, only stopping when she catches a flash at the edge of her illusion - a very glittery shape that immediately has her giggling and the magic beginning to fall away.
Not even Vesper's vanishing form and praise that could use significant improvement are enough to keep the grin from her face as she spins to face him. Her finger rushes out, tossing more glitter in his face like a new waterboarding technique, the amusement making her threats no less real. "Say the words or the rest of your clothes are next!" And she doesn't just mean the ones on his body, her mind obviously scheming how to sneak into his drawers and access all the vulnerable items stowed away there.
Vesper reels back as the handful of glitter explodes across his face, catching in his lashes and the folds of his coat. "Gods—" he sputters, coughing out a laugh, blinking through a storm of pink and gold specks. "How do you always have so much of this?" He tries to shield himself with one arm, the other brushing uselessly at his collar where the shine has already settled like permanent sin.
Her threat lands bright and unmistakable in his mind—visions of drawers, closets, every shirt he owns transformed into a weapon of shimmer—and he groans dramatically, bending at the waist as if struck by a mortal blow. "Alright, alright! You win!" The laugh that follows is breathless, broken by another cough as he waves her back with mock surrender. "Glitter’s the best, happy?"
☆ has a pale star tattoo beneath his left eye, and freckle-sized constellations move across his skin
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
She watches Vesper jerk back from her assault, not even bothering to hide her absolute delight at seeing him saturated from head to toe in glitter that is supposedly 'the worst.' Giggling, she reaches on her toe to tap a shimmering finger against his nose, winking playfully at his question. "It's a secret." And by 'secret,' she means that she makes it. She conjures it from thin air, creation giving form to her sparkling thoughts in an endless supply of glitter that no one can escape MWAHAHA.
Nova straightens and props her hands on her hips as if standing before her subject, prostrating themselves to seek her forgiveness for crimes punishable by death. Amusement laces every portion of her 'regal' expression, rippling through her thoughts that process his desperate admission. Having been coerced, she's not wholly convinced of how genuine his words are, her eyes narrowing in mock scrutiny. "Hmmm. Only if you really mean it." Although the threats still glimmer bright in her mind, prepared to act at the slightest hint of insincerity.
Vesper groans softly, the sound half-defeat, half-laughter as she taps his nose. The sparkle left behind glints traitorously in the dim light, catching on the faint curve of his smirk. He rolls his eyes, though the motion lacks any real irritation; her delight is too loud, too golden in his mind to bother resisting.
"Alright, alright," he says, lifting his hands in mock surrender, his voice a long, exasperated drawl. "I reeeaaally mean it." The word stretches out, half-mocking, half-conceding, his mouth twitching at the edges as if he knows she’ll doubt him anyway. When he rakes a hand through his hair, glitter scatters down over his shoulders like some cosmic punishment, undoing what little progress he’s made in brushing it away.
"Happy now?" he mutters, but the words melt into quiet amusement as he slips an arm around her shoulders, tugging her in against his side. The warmth between them cuts the winter air better than any coat. "Since I can’t fly yet," he says, tone dropping into a dry warning that he fully intends to learn, "you’re walkin’ back with me." His eyes flick toward the maze’s mouth, the faintest smile tugging at his lips. "C’mon, glitter menace. Let’s get out before this place decides to trap us for good."
~FIN
☆ has a pale star tattoo beneath his left eye, and freckle-sized constellations move across his skin
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
